Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID Maxx vs Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Motorola DROID Turbo

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Motorola
Announced July 2013 February 2014 October 2014
Status Available - August 2013 Available April 2014 Coming Soon - October 2014
Price - - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White, Blue, Gold Metallic Red, Metallic Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.5 x 71.2 x 8.5 mm
(5.41 x 2.8 x 0.33 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2 mm
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44 in)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor
- Water resistant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 330 Adreno 420
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.1 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.26% 69.63% 70.83%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels 21 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto Focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, 2160p@24fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3500 mAh 2800 mAh 3900 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h Up to 390 h -
Talk Time Up to 48 h Up to 21 h -